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Silver-beaked tanager

Ramphocelus carbo (Pallas, 1764)

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The silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 25.9 g to 29.5 g and live up to 9 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
Photo: Dario Sanches from São Paulo, Brazil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the silver-beaked tanager

Weight
25.9 g – 29.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
9 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
12 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the silver-beaked tanager

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Silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
Mike & Chris · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the silver-beaked tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the silver-beaked tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay, though it is recorded in Argentina only as a vagrant.

From the Wikipedia article “Silver-beaked tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver-beaked_tanager&oldid=1377641652), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the silver-beaked tanager endangered?

The silver-beaked tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the silver-beaked tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusRamphocelus
  7. SpeciesRamphocelus carbo (Pallas, 1764)

Synonyms Lanius carbo, Lanius purpureus, Tanagro jacapa

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • tàngara bec d'argentCatalan
  • tangara sametováCzech
  • tanagr pigwynWelsh
  • Sølvnæbbet FløjlstangarDanish
  • PurpurtangareGerman
  • SilberschnabeltangareGerman
  • arĝentbeka tangaroEsperanto
  • Toche negroSpanish
  • Fueguero oscuroSpanish
  • Tangará pico de plataSpanish
  • Tangara picoplataSpanish
  • tõmmu-karmiintangaraEstonian
  • hopeanokkatangaraFinnish
  • Lanion à bec d'argentFrench
  • Tangara à bec d'argentFrench
  • Tangara à bec d’argentFrench
  • srebrnastokljuna tangaraCroatian
  • ezüstcsőrű tangaraHungarian
  • Tanagra beccoargentoItalian
  • ギンバシベニフウキンチョウJapanese
  • sidabrinė raštuotoji tanagraLithuanian
  • FluweeltangareDutch
  • sølvnebbtanagarNorwegian
  • tapiranga ciemnaPolish
  • pipira-vermelhaPortuguese
  • tangará-de-bico-prateadoPortuguese
  • Пурпурный сереброклювRussian
  • Пурпурная расписная танаграRussian
  • sangara zamatováSlovak
  • Belokljuna tangaraSerbian
  • silvernäbbad tangaraSwedish
  • Gümüş Gagalı TangaraTurkish
  • тапіранга пурпуроваUkrainian
  • 銀色腫嘴雀Chinese
  • 银嘴唐纳雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the silver-beaked tanager

Other species in the same genus Ramphocelus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the silver-beaked tanager?

An adult silver-beaked tanager weighs 25.9 g – 29.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the silver-beaked tanager endangered?

The silver-beaked tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the silver-beaked tanager live?

The silver-beaked tanager has a recorded lifespan of 9 years.

What kind of animal is the silver-beaked tanager?

The silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{silver_beaked_tanager_2026,
  title = {Silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-beaked-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}